James Byrne, a 29 year old paver and plant operator from Bristol, sawed through his thumb last December. Doctors were unable to reattach the severed digit, so they opted for the next best thing: they talked Byrne into allowing them to transplant his big toe from his left foot.
Byrne says he can’t bend his makeshift thumb just yet – but he and his surgeon are confident that intense therapy should eventually allow him normal use of his hand again.
Source & More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2068034/James-Byrne-thumb-replaced-big-toe-surgeons.html
Byrne says he can’t bend his makeshift thumb just yet – but he and his surgeon are confident that intense therapy should eventually allow him normal use of his hand again.
Source & More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2068034/James-Byrne-thumb-replaced-big-toe-surgeons.html